How do water striders, Aquarius paludum, react to brackish water simulated by NaCl solutions?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-37

  Kishi, Manabu ^a,b   Fujisaki, Kenji ^b   Harada, Tetsuo ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RAIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BRACKISH WATER; GROWTH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

AQUARIUS PALADUM; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FLIGHT MUSCLE; INSECT; LARVAL STAGE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; REPRODUCTION; SALINITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES HABITAT; WATER FLOW; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FLYING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; LARVA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

AQUARIUS PALUDUM; GERRIDAE; INSECTA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FRESH WATER; HEMIPTERA; LARVA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 31344452697     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1297/cpe.15.35     Document Type: Article

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